釣 (diu3 | diao4) : fish; fishhook; lure; tempt

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釣

diu3

diao4

[1] [v] fish (with a hook and a line); angle [2] [v] lure; tempt [3] [n] fishhook

Stroke count: 11

Level: 3

Radical: (#167)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

釣 / 钓

This word has been viewed 1 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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釣魚 diu3 jyu4*2 diao4 yu2 = to fish, fishing

釣魚用具 diu3 jyu4*2 jung6 geoi6 diao4 yu2 yong4 ju4 = fishing tackle

釣蝦 diu3 haa1 = to "fish" shrimp 粵

釣水魚 diu3 seoi2 jyu4*2 = to "fish" (i.e. to wait for) a "turtle" 粵

上釣 soeng5 diu3 = took the bait 粵

釣泥鯭 diu3 nai4 maang1 = trolling for passengers (in an unlicensed taxi) 粵

釣魚島 diu3 jyu4 dou2 diao4 yu2 dao3 = Diaoyu Islands; Fishing Islands

釣魚台 diu3 jyu4*2 toi4 diao4 yu2 tai2 = Diaoyu/Diaoyutai Islands; Tiu Yue Toi

單釣 daan1 diu3 dan1 diao4 = (mahjong) waiting for a single tile to win

釣個金龜婿 diu3 go3 gam1 gwai1 sai3 = to "fish" a golden turtle son-in-law 粵

姜太公釣魚，願者上釣 goeng1 taai3 gung1 diu3 jyu4*2 jyun6 ze2 soeng5 diu3 jiang1 tai4 gong1 diao4 yu2 yuan4 zhe3 shang4 diao4 = one would do something voluntarily if that's what he wants to do.

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佢喺度釣魚…但係終於釣到垃圾粵
He's fishing... but, he wound up catching some rubbish!
[Lit. He currently fishing... but, he finally catch-arrive rubbish!]

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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Decimal representation of this word: 釣
Unicode code for this character: U+91E3 (off-site link)

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